Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

Our company is utilizing another company’s network equipment from router, firewall and switches (all Cisco product). Recently, We have purchased our own pipe (internet), router and firewall (Cisco ...

As an elaboration on VLANs, you can associate more than one subnet to a VLAN, and traffic will be able to get from one VLAN to the other via the router. This is particularly handy if you had assigned ...

Splitting your home network into VLANs is sensible, so kudos to you if that's what you're doing. Your computers go on one network, smart home devices on another (as they can be pretty dodgy ...

A virtual LAN is a logical division of a network that enables devices to communicate as if they are connected to a single switch. These divisions are critical to network security, performance and ...

My smart devices finally stopped snooping ...

Enterprises use virtual LANs, or VLANs, to segment traffic, enforce security, improve performance and generally streamline operations. VLANs are virtual overlays enabled by tagging traffic with a VLAN ...

Beginner homelab setups require just three core components: routing, storage, and compute. Start your home network with a ...

I am testing in a lab where my SmartBits (https://www.spirentcom.com/analysis/product_line.cfm?wt=2&az-c=pl&PL=33) has a public address while my two routers and two ...

Maker, meme-r, and unabashed geek, Joe has been writing about technology since starting his career in 2018 at KnowTechie. He's covered everything from Apple to apps and crowdfunding and loves getting ...